Re: Matching throw to catch at compile time?
In article <1171497501.729284.191710@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com>,
Mathias Gaunard <loufoque@gmail.com> writes
On Feb 14, 8:48 pm, red floyd <no.s...@here.dude> wrote:
How is your compiler going to figure that out at compile time?
It could figure out at link time.
#include <iostream>
void foo(){
throw 42;
}
int main(){
int i;
std::cin >> i;
if(i==0){
try {
foo();
}
catch(int) {
std::cout << "You input zero.";
}
}
else {
try {
foo();
}
catch(int) {
std::cout << "You didn't input zero.";
}
}
}
You would need the prophetic linker to deal with that code (yes it is
crude but I think it demonstrates that matching throw with catch can, in
general, only be done at execution time.
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